Rumour: Capcom Is Bringing Its Arcade Classics To 3DS And Wii U eShop

I wonder if this will be the start of companies bringing their arcade games to 3DS? I'm still surprised Namco hasn't made a Namco Museum 3DS yet.

It obviously depends on what games they include, but I don't think this collection is for me.

Hopefully, it'll come to PSN (and the Vita)!

I was never really into in Capcom's other franchises, barring Mega Man; so I wouldn't be interested. It'd be nice to have on the eShop though.

put Darkstalkers and i'm sold, everything else is mostly irrelevant

3D Classics maybe?

@shinokami Darkstalkers on wii u? capcom already said "NO" to that remake on wii u see? Anyway due to capcoms recent events I can see this rumor coming true & happening everywhere BUT wii u sadly.

This would be really neat! What about the classic Street Fighter games?

Not really interested as I have most of them on the PSP already thanks to Capcom's compilations, unless something not on those compilations come out on the Eshop.

@Brando they said the remake isn't, but there was a good article about the new Darkstalkers title coming out on it.

@Strongo9 But now it's on 3DS and Wii U.

Capcom is almost as bad as Sega in reselling old IP's over and over and over....

I'd prefer Capcom to bring:

Darkstalkers
Marvel vs Capcom Origins
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Street Fighter III 3S Online
Final Fight Double Impact
SSFIIHDR

To Wii U and 3DS.

@TrickySx4 Stop just stop! Even though it's a old game they can't release it due to not knowing just online (camcom, you suck! It's just online! & It's a remake of a old game!) & if that couldn't come what makes YOU think ANY darkstalkers will come to wii u?!!?!?!?!? Capcom support sucks on wii u & it's all wii's fault!

Doubt it.

I hope it's a compilation and not one by one.

I have to say that I'm a bit shocked at the lack of enthusiasm for this rumor. Speaking as an old school arcade junkie, this has to be one of the best rumors I've heard all year. Back when I used to play games on my iPhone (before the release of the 3DS), the Capcom Arcade app was probably the one I went to the most for my retro needs. So hoping this rumor comes true 😁!!

Please happen!

@idork99, yeah well, it's hard to get excited when I already have lots of their games as mentioned in an earlier post. Don't see the point of buying them again, unless they bring out new games that I don't have. For example, their arcade AvP game would be cool, as I love Aliens and have never played that game.

...Wait, there was an actual game called Gun.Smoke? What was it, a steam-punk version of .HACK?

A Bit More OT: As it appears that indie developers are having no problems working with Nintendo (see; creators of Unepic, Frozenbyte, Broken Rules, literally any Wii U independent developer), it doesn't surprise me that Nintendo would work well enough with Capcom to gain their support, at least for an arcade collection.

@gojiguy They already said why Marvel vs capcom did not appear on a nintendo console, & I think seeing that series even without limitations (especially on wii u) is 0% sadly.

im not one to complain, however,
so far it seems its pretty much the same games on virtual console and ps2

I hope that Strider is amongst the classics as it's one of the few Capcom coin-ops that hasn't already appeared on multiple platforms already.

@trill Capcom does not own or make Mortal Kombat..

I already downloaded those mediocre games on my Wii VC... Nice try Crapcom

yeah not a big fan of capcom so i will pass on this

Bring Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (ST)

I can't think of many theoretical releases I'd like to have more than online-enabled ports of Power Stone and Power Stone 2 on my 3DS.

Make them in 3D and you got my money.

@Tasuki
you probably know this but those are on here:

I'd like to support Capcom's good releases, and their arcade output was excellent.

If this has Battle Circuit, then I'll buy it twice.

Already own Capcom Classics Remixed and Reloaded for my PSP. This would have to be extra special on the 3DS for me to buy it. If the games have a 3D arcade cabinet like Pacman & Galaga Dimensions has, then I'll consider it.

CAPTAIN COMMANDO!!!

I loved the arcade game, AND it was on SNES---so I just want it to DL, w/out having to buy a stupid sony/microsoft system---Come on Nintendo, it's BAD enough the Wii VC was a waste of points by like 2009---give the eShop something HUGE early-on, and save your rep as a digital DL company.

no more re-ports of games we already have on Wii VC though....I don't need the 7 Street Fighter II's on another system...

Mega Man---maybe...
just give me Captain Commando please! one of the BEST arcade fighter/platformers of my childhood--and I haven't played it in like 20 years.

PLUS Captain Commando IS like your "Company Mascot", saying CAPtain COMmando---y'know?

Captain Commando would be a great game to play online, as well as Cadillacs and dinosaurs (that we will never be able to play again "legally"... stupid licensing issues...)

Hell Yeah was a huge fan of Capcom's work in the 80's but especially 90's. Anyway it's a start!

The more we can chose, the best it is.

Usher: Ohhh Myyy , you can finish the rest

I want the Nes Ducktales game on the eshop Capcom!!!!

If it's a full-catalogue release similar to Atari and Activision's iOS anthologies where you get everything for 5-10 quid, definitely. The fact is that I bought pretty much everything they released for the VC Arcade on my Japanese Wii and I spent around £2-3 on each of those, so I'm not inclined to repeat that kind of exercise.

By now classic IP like this shouldn't be getting monetized on a piecemeal basis. These games made their money a long time ago; you provide a decent anthology and you'll get a lot more sales - just make sure the emulation is good.

Namco really needs to do the same. Their VCA stuff in Japan was amazing (though Pac-Man was oddly absent), but hardly anything came out in other territories.

It's about bloody time, Capcom! Ghosts 'n Goblins time!

Yay! More ports of Street Fighter games! --_

Ports? The arcade versions are the originals. You can't say that we should be happy with the crappy ports to the SNES, Genesis and TurboGrafx. And they were crappy ports. They were acceptable back in the day but not anymore.

Not interested. Just give as gb, gba and gc games.

i would like to see
Captain Commando
Knights of the Round
King of Dragons
Eco Shooter
1944 the loop master
and mega man power battles 1 & 2.
I doubt these are possible but a guy can dream.

Interesting.tbetter as a compilation.

Oh, it cracks me up to see people refer to Street Fighter and MvC as Capcom's arcade "classics"... so young and untarnished by time's cruelty...

@V8_Ninja: Yeah! Gun.Smoke is possibly my favorite Capcom arcade game, and I waited years for it to come to VC. Finally broke down and found a used cart of the NES port. But would love the original verson. It's a super-hard western-themed vertical shooter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSkAc0uKvnY

@LittleIrves
I don't know if you have a PS2 or original Xbox but the arcade version of Gunsmoke is on the first compilation Capcom released for those systems.

@V8_Ninja I dunno if this is a joke, but to answer your question Gun Smoke was a N.E.S game, you were a cowboy in the western, killing other cowboys, well i never completed the game.

I already of Capcom Classics Remixed & Reloaded on the PSP, so this doesn't really interest me that much. But it's still cool.

If there's one company that needed to make an arcade collection that never did it's Sega. Always Genesis comps but nothing concerning their rich arcade history. Sure, a few arcade ports on those comps but nothing completely arcade. Dammit, Sega, I want some Space Fury, Pengo and Tac/Scan!

@Tasuki
dang sorry to hear that, 4 ps2s is a lot

Arcade Classics? Only if they are of the CPS1 and especially the CPS2 series of arcade machines. Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara or my #1 favourite arcade game of all time, Alien vs Predator anyone? It's a sin that the AvP Arcade game was NEVER officially ported to any home console, it's nearly perfect. I dumped tons of coins into that machine at the beach every summer for years.

I like arcade classics a lot, only i have them on like 3 systems now, really no need to have them also on my wiiu.

If this is true and it includes a certain Japanese civil-war inspired scrolling beat-em-up then it could be the thing that finally pushes me towards getting a WiiU.

I already have the first Capcom Classics collection on PS2 so would be quite choosy about which games i get, if they were released individually, would be more tempted by a compilation. One of the less familiar games i enjoyed was Pirate Ship Higamaru. I was pretty familiar with most of the other games from playing old console/computer conversions.

@Guitaranthony, yeah i think there is room for more Sega games as digital downloads or another compilation. I like their games from the era you mention, I think they stand the test of time a little better than the 3D games from the later 80s. Games like Bank Panic, Teddy Boy Blues, Flicky etc.
A port of the arcade version of Tac/Scan is a bonus on the European version of Sega Megadrive Collection on PS2 (not sure if it's also on the PS3 version, i know they changed some of the games on that), as well as Zektor, Zaxxon, Future Spy and Altered Beast.

I use to love commando. Hope this comes.

Wow, Gun Smoke. I loved that game.